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Centerlinq Once Again Selected to Help Roll Out New Release From Universal Pictures.


Business & Entertainment Editors

LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 5, 2001

Following its successful interactive/video promotional campaign for "The Family Man," Universal Pictures has once again teamed up with the Centerlinq network to promote its newest release, "Josie and The Pussycats Josie and the Pussycats are a fictitious rock band created by Dan DeCarlo.

They have been featured in a number of different media since the 1960s:
  • Josie and the Pussycats (comic), also titled She's Josie or Josie
," which opens April 11.

A subsidiary of GenesisIntermedia.com Inc. (Nasdaq:GENI) (Frankfurt:GIA Noun 1. GIA - a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres" ), Centerlinq is currently deployed in 32 malls across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and reaches more than 32 million consumers per month. To achieve the highest level of effectiveness and interactivity, Centerlinq provides touch-screen access to the Internet while delivering dozens of ad impressions to consumers at each unique visit. The network also provides one of the largest loyalty shopping programs in the United States.

Based on the popular "Archie" comic book comic book

Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums.
, "Josie and The Pussycats" features some of the hottest young actors working in Hollywood today, as well as an all-new power soundtrack from some of the music industry's biggest names. The film is written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont ("Can't Hardly Wait") and produced by Marc Platt For the American producer, see Marc E. Platt.
Marc Platt (born 1953) is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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 serves as the music producer/composer. The cast includes Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Early life
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, Alan Cumming and Parker Posey.

"Centerlinq provides the perfect vehicle for the promotion of major films, such as Universal's `Josie and The Pussycats,' as it reaches tens of millions of consumers per month in shopping malls with high-impact video and interactive images. Most malls have multiplex movie theaters attached. Given its visibility within a growing number of malls, the Centerlinq network is a natural to add an extra dimension of excitement to a film release," said Christopher Miglino, executive vice president of Centerlinq.

About Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is a unit of Universal Studios, a part of CANAL+, the TV and Film division of Vivendi Universal, a new global leader in media and communications.

About Centerlinq

A GenesisIntermedia.com company, Centerlinq is a rapidly expanding network that's accessible via the World Wide Web and through public access touch-screen Internet kiosks in shopping malls. Currently reaching more than 32 million consumers per month, Centerlinq attracts a diverse audience with one of the largest loyalty shopping programs in the United States, providing coupons, directories and quick-touch access to high-profile national advertising partners.

The kiosks also provide information regarding the preferences and interests of the consumers who utilize them, enabling businesses to successfully target consumers likely to purchase their products and services in the future.

Centerlinq was honored by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol)
MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy)
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) with the 2000 Retail Application Developer "RAD" award for "Best Retail Headquarters Application" in the category of Core Retail Marketing, its second such honor within three years.

For more information about Centerlinq's interactive and video advertising solutions, contact Matt McCullough, director of media Sales, at 818/902-4374, or by e-mail at mattm@centerlinq.com.

This document contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For such statements, GenesisIntermedia.com claims the protection of the safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors discussed in GenesisIntermedia.com's Form 10(k) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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